Conductor line, collector and conductor system

1. Conductor line ( 2 ) for supplying at least one device ( 11 ) that can be moved along the conductor line ( 2 ), with a first elongated conductor lane ( 5 b ) and at least another second elongated conductor lane ( 6 b ), wherein the first ( 5 b ) and the second ( 6 b ) conductor lanes feature first ( 5 f ) and second ( 6 f ) contact openings, respectively, extending along the longitudinal direction of the respective lanes and serving for accommodating parts ( 15 a ; 16 a ) of first ( 15 ) and second ( 16 ) sliding contacts, respectively, of a collector ( 14 ) of the device ( 11 ), wherein the second contact opening ( 6 f ) of the second conductor lane ( 6 b ) is realized such that the first sliding contact ( 15 ) to be connected to the first conductor lane ( 5 b ) cannot engage into the second contact opening ( 6 f ) and therefore cannot be connected to the second conductor lane ( 9 ).

2. Conductor line ( 2 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the contact openings ( 7 f - 10 f ) of other elongated conductor lanes ( 7 b - 10 b ) are realized such that the first sliding contact ( 15 ) cannot engage into the other contact openings ( 7 f - 10 f ) and therefore cannot be connected to the other conductor lanes ( 7 b - 10 b ).

3. Conductor line ( 2 ) according to claim 1 wherein the first conductor lane ( 5 b ) is a protective conductor and the second ( 6 b ) or other ( 7 b - 10 b ) conductor lanes are phase conductors.

4. Conductor line ( 2 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the second ( 6 f ) or other ( 7 f - 10 f ) contact openings have a width ( 6 g ) that is narrower than the width ( 5 g ) of the first contact opening ( 5 f ).

5. Conductor line ( 2 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor lanes ( 5 b - 10 b ) have a C-shaped cross section.

6. Conductor line ( 2 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor lanes ( 5 b - 10 b ) are each inserted into elongated insulating profiles ( 5 a - 10 a ) of essentially U-shaped cross section, wherein holding tabs ( 5 d - 10 d ) that point toward one another are provided on the front ends of the limbs of the U-shaped cross section of the insulating profiles ( 5 a - 10 a ) in order to hold the conductor lanes ( 5 b - 10 b ) in the insulating profiles ( 5 a - 10 a ) and the contact openings ( 5 f - 10 f ) point toward the open side of the U-shaped cross section of the insulating profiles ( 5 a - 10 a ), and wherein the width ( 5 g ) of the first contact opening ( 5 f ) is defined by the distance between the holding tabs ( 5 c ) that point toward one another.

7. Conductor line ( 2 ) according to claim 6 , wherein contracting extensions ( 6 d - 10 d ) are arranged on the front ends of the holding tabs ( 6 c - 10 c ) of the second ( 6 a ) or other ( 7 a - 10 a ) insulating profiles and directed toward the bottom of the U-shaped cross section, wherein said contracting extensions define the width ( 6 g - 10 g ) of the second ( 6 f ) and other ( 7 f - 10 f ) contact openings.

8. Conductor line ( 2 ) according to claim 6 wherein conductor receptacles ( 5 - 10 ) of essentially U-shaped cross section are provided in order to hold the insulating profiles ( 5 a - 10 a ) therein, wherein the contact openings ( 5 f - 10 f ) each point toward the open side of the U-shaped cross section.

9. Conductor line ( 2 ) according to claim 8 , wherein holding tabs ( 5 c - 10 c ) for holding the insulating profiles ( 5 a - 10 a ) in the conductor receptacles ( 5 - 10 ) are arranged on the front ends of the limbs of the U-shaped cross section of the conductor receptacles ( 5 - 10 ) such that they point toward one another.

10. Collector ( 3 ) for a device ( 11 ) that can be moved along a multi-lane conductor line ( 2 ), with at least a first sliding contact ( 15 ) for engaging into a first contact opening ( 5 f ) that extends along the length of a first conductor lane ( 5 b ) of the conductor line ( 2 ) in order to produce an electric connection with the first conductor lane ( 5 b ), wherein the first sliding contact ( 15 ) is realized in such a way that it cannot engage into other contact openings ( 6 f - 10 f ) of other conductor lanes ( 6 b - 10 b ) of the conductor line ( 2 ) and therefore cannot be connected to the other conductor lanes ( 6 b - 10 b ).

11. Collector according to claim 10 , wherein a first region ( 15 a ) of the first sliding contact ( 15 ) for engaging into the first contact opening ( 5 f ) has a width ( 15 b ) that is wider than the width ( 6 g ) of the other contact openings ( 6 f - 10 f ).

12. Collector according to claim 11 , wherein the regions ( 16 a - 20 a ) of other sliding contacts ( 16 - 20 ) for engaging into the other contact openings ( 6 f - 10 f ) have a width ( 16 g ) that is narrower than the width ( 15 b ) of the first region ( 15 a ) of the first sliding contact ( 15 ).

13. Collector according to claim 11 wherein the regions ( 15 a - 20 a ) of the sliding contacts ( 15 - 20 ) are formed by collector brushes.

14. Conductor-line system ( 1 ) with one or more devices ( 11 ) that can be moved along a conductor line ( 2 ) and at least one of which features a collector ( 14 ), wherein the conductor line ( 2 ) features a first elongated conductor lane ( 5 b ) and at least another second elongated conductor lane ( 6 b ), and wherein the first ( 5 b ) and the second ( 6 b ) conductor lanes feature first ( 5 f ) and second ( 6 f ) contact openings, respectively, extending along the longitudinal direction of the respective lanes and serving for accommodating parts ( 15 a ; 16 a ) of first ( 15 ) and second ( 16 ) sliding contacts, respectively, of the collector ( 14 ), wherein the first sliding contact ( 15 ) for engaging into the first contact opening ( 5 f ) and for producing the electrical connection with the first conductor lane ( 5 b ) is adapted to the first contact opening ( 5 f ) and the second contact opening ( 6 f ) of the second conductor lane ( 6 b ) is realized such that the first sliding contact ( 15 ) cannot engage into the second contact opening ( 6 f ) and therefore cannot be connected to the second conductor lane ( 9 ).

15. Conductor-line system according to claim 14 , wherein the conductor line ( 2 ) is realized in accordance with one of claims 1 - 9 and/or the collector ( 14 ) is realized in accordance with one of claims 10 - 13 .

16. Conductor-line system according to claim 14 wherein other contact openings ( 7 f - 10 f ) of other conductor lanes ( 7 - 10 ) of the conductor line ( 2 ) are realized in such a way that the first sliding contact ( 15 ) cannot engage therein and therefore cannot be connected to the other conductor lanes ( 7 b - 10 b ).

17. Conductor-line system according to claim 14 , wherein a first movable device ( 11 ) features a collector ( 14 ) with at least two sliding contacts ( 14 , 15 ) that engage into the first ( 5 f ) and second ( 6 f ) contact openings, respectively, in order to produce a connection with the first ( 5 b ) and the second ( 6 b ) conductor lanes, respectively, of the conductor line ( 2 ), wherein the first conductor lane ( 5 f ) is a protective conductor.

18. Conductor-line system according to claim 17 , wherein the first movable device is coupled to a second movable device, the collector of which only features a first sliding contact that is realized such that it can engage into the first contact opening ( 5 f ) in order to produce an electric connection with the first conductor lane ( 5 b ), but not into the second ( 6 f ) or other ( 7 f - 10 f ) contact openings of the second conductor lane ( 6 b ) or other conductor lanes ( 7 f - 10 f ).

19. Conductor-line system ( 1 ) according to claim 14 , wherein the second ( 6 f ) contact opening has a width ( 6 g ) that is narrower than the width ( 5 g ) of the first contact opening ( 5 f ).

20. Conductor line-system ( 1 ) according to claim 18 , wherein the second ( 6 f ) or other ( 7 f - 10 f ) contact openings have a width ( 6 g ) that is narrower than the width ( 5 g ) of the first contact opening ( 5 f ).